The Los Angeles Unified district will pay $88 million to settle lawsuits over sex abuse by teachers involving dozens of children at two elementary schools. View full post on Education Week: Sexual Misconduct #pso #htcs #b4inc Read More The post L.A. to Pay $88 Million to Settle Sex-Abuse Cases –…
Sony has agreed to pay as much as $8 million to settle 2014 data-breach case
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Bloomberg reports that Sony Corporation has agreed to pay up to $8 million in order to settle the 2014 data-breach case related to the release of the movie “The Interview.” The news was disclosed from the paper filings in the federal…
Target agrees to pay $10 million to settle lawsuit from data breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans (Reuters) – Target Corp (TGT.N) has agreed to pay $10 million in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit related to a huge 2013 data breach that consumers say compromised their personal financial information, court documents show. Under the proposal, which…
Cilla Black among stars to settle phone hacking claims for ‘substantial’ damages
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Cilla Black is among the latest group of celebrities to settle phone hacking claims for “substantial” damages with the publisher of the Mirror titles, the high court has heard. A judge in London was told on Thursday that EastEnders’ star Jessie…
Oops: After Threatening Hacker With 440 Years, Prosecutors Settle for a Misdemeanor
Thanks in part to America’s ill-defined hacking laws, prosecutors have enormous discretion to determine a hacker defendant’s fate. But in one young Texan’s case in particular, the Department of Justice stretched prosecutorial overreach to a new extreme: about 440 years […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…
Katie Price and three others settle phone-hacking claims
A former top-ranking police officer and the TV personality Katie Price have received public apologies from the publisher of the now-defunct News of the World as they settled their phone-hacking claims. Stephen Chamberlain, the former assistant chief constable of South Yorkshire police from 2002 to 2006, and Price…
Facebook to Pay $10 Million to Settle Privacy Suit
Facebook Inc has agreed to pay $10 million to charity to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users’ rights to control the use of their own names, photographs and likenesses, according to court documents. The lawsuit, brought by five Facebook members, alleged the social networking site violated…
Facebook, FTC Settle over Privacy Deceptions
Social Network Names Two Chief Privacy OfficersFacebook promises to give consumers clear and prominent notice and obtaining express consent before their information is shared beyond the privacy settings they have established. View full post on CUInfoSecurity.com RSS Syndication View full post on National Cyber Security
Citi, Deutsche Bank Settle Mortgage Claims with NCUA
Banks Pay $165.5M in Settlements for Links to CU FailuresThe NCUA settles with Citigroup and Deutsche Bank for a total of $165.5 million linked to claims that mortgage-backed securities sales resulted in the shuttering of five wholesale credit unions. View full post on CUInfoSecurity.com RSS Syndication View full post on…